FileFilter

javax.swing.filechooser

Class FileFilter

java.lang.Object
- javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicFileChooserUI.AcceptAllFileFilter, FileNameExtensionFilter
```
public abstract class FileFilter
extends Object
```
FileFilter is an abstract class used by JFileChooser for filtering the set of files shown to the user. See FileNameExtensionFilter for an implementation that filters using the file name extension.
A FileFilter can be set on a JFileChooser to keep unwanted files from appearing in the directory listing. For an example implementation of a simple file filter, see yourJDK/demo/jfc/FileChooserDemo/ExampleFileFilter.java. For more information and examples see How to Use File Choosers, a section in The Java Tutorial.

See Also:

FileNameExtensionFilter, JFileChooser.setFileFilter(javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter), JFileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
`FileFilter()`

Method Summary

All Methods

Instance Methods

Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`abstract boolean`	`accept(File f)` Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.
`abstract String`	`getDescription()` The description of this filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FileFilter
```
public FileFilter()
```
- Method Detail
  - accept
```
public abstract boolean accept(File f)
```
    Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.
  - getDescription
```
public abstract String getDescription()
```
    The description of this filter. For example: "JPG and GIF Images"
    
    See Also:
    
    FileView.getName(java.io.File)